New VC Appointments Put In Suspended Animation By High Court 

Hyderabad: In yet another major blow to the Telangana government close on the heals of Eamcet-2 paper leak, the Hyderabad High Court on Thursday quashed the GO issued by government appointing Vice Chancellors to eight universities in the state.

The court issued the order after hearing a petition challenging the validity of the procedure of appointment filed by a professor of Osmania University.

The government on Tuesday appointed VCs to eight universities including Osmania, JNTU, Ambedkar Open University, Kakatiya, Telugu University, Palamuru and Prof.Jayashankar Agricultural University.

The government appointed the VCs through a GO based on their qualifications deviating from an established procedure of selecting VCs by a search committee.

To avoid political interference in the administration of universities and protect their atonomous status, the search committee procedure was being followed for the appointment of VCs all these years. Most of the universities remained headless for over two years until CM KCR took a bold step to appoint VCs to eight major universities at a single stroke and that too in an unconventional manner.

The court quashed the GO after hearing a case filed by a professor of OU on the deviation of the procedure of VCs appointment. On the plea by the government, the appointments are kept under suspension till appeal is filed or the next hearing of the case after four weeks.